Sol-Gel Processing of Ceramics and Glass

SUMMARY

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

• The U.S. market is expected to reach $500 million by 2011 with an AAGR (annual average growth) rate of 8.7% per year from 2006 to 2011.
• The global market for sol-gel products in 2006 was $1 billion. This is forecasted to increase to $1.4 billion by 2011 with an AAGR of 6.3% from 2006 to 2011.
• In terms of market share, the U.S. has currently about 32% of the world market and is expected to increase this market share by 2011 to 36%.
• Optical and electronic applications are the fastest growing market segments from 2006 to 2011, at an annual average growth rate ranging 12% to 15%.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

• STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
• REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
• CONTRIBUTION OF THE STUDY AND FOR WHOM
• SCOPE AND FORMAT
• METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES
• ANALYST'S CREDENTIALS
• RELATED BCC REPORTS AND NEWSLETTERS
  • REPORTS
  • MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS
• BCC ONLINE SERVICES
• DISCLAIMER

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Summary Table:
  • U.S. AND WORLD MARKETS FOR SOL-GEL PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• Summary Figure:
  • U.S. AND WORLD MARKETS FOR SOL-GEL PRODUCTS, 2006 AND 2011 ($ MILLIONS)

INDUSTRY AND MARKET OVERVIEW

• Table 1 COMMERCIALIZATION TIMELINE OF APPLICATIONS (WORLD)
  • U.S. MARKET
  • Table 2 FORECAST FOR THE U.S. SOL GEL MARKET BY APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 1 U.S. MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2006 (%)
  • Figure 2 U.S. MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2011 (%)
  • WORLD MARKET
  • Table 3 GLOBAL FORECAST FOR THE SOL-GEL PRODUCTS MARKET BY REGION, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 4 GLOBAL FORECAST FOR THE SOL-GEL PRODUCTS MARKET BY APLICATION, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 3 GLOBAL SHARE OF THE SOL-GEL PRODUCTS MARKET BY APPLICATION, 2006 (%)
  • Figure 4 GLOBAL SHARE OF THE SOL-GEL PRODUCTS MARKET BY APPLICATION, 2011 (%)
  • COMPETITION
  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
  • Table 5 NSF BASIC RESEARCH GRANTS IN SOL GEL, 1997-2005
  • U.S. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
  • Table 6 NORTH AMERICAN COMPANIES INVOLVED IN SOL GEL

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

• HISTORY
• Table 7 CHRONOLOGICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF SOL-GEL PRODUCTS
• Table 8 SELECTED COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS
• DESCRIPTION OF ALKOXIDE SOL-GEL PROCESS
• Table 9 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE CONVENTIONAL SOL-GEL PROCESS
  • ADVANTAGES
    • Lower Processing Temperatures
    • Lower Costs
    • Doping
    • Table 10 DOPANTS AND RESULTANT PROPERTIES
  • DISADVANTAGES
    • Long Processing Times
    • Preferential Hydrolysis
    • Cracking
    • Precursors
    • Table 11 CHEMAT TECHNOLOGY'S SOLUBLE POLYMERIC METAL ORGANIC OXOALKOXIDE PRECURSORS
    • Additives
• THE AQUEOUS SOL-GEL PROCESS
  • THE CONVENTIONAL METHOD
    • Applications
  • OTHER METHODS
  • Figure 5 PROCESS FOR WATER-BASED ZIRCONIA SOLS
• END PRODUCTS
• Figure 6 GENERIC FLOWCHART OF SOL-GEL PROCESS
• Table 12 CHARACTERISTICS OF SOL-GEL PRODUCTS
  • POROUS SOLIDS
  • POWDERS
  • Table 13 POWDER PRECURSORS AND RESULTANT COMPOSITIONS
    • Oxide Powders
    • Figure 7 FLOW CHART FOR THE FLAKE MANUFACTURING PROCESS
    • Pigments
    • Figure 8 FLOWCHART FOR MAKING VANADIUM-BASED PIGMENTS
    • Figure 9 PROCESS FOR MAKING PINK PIGMENTS
    • Figure 10 PROCESS FOR MAKING YELLOW/GREEN PIGMENTS
    • Nonoxide Powders
    • Recent Developments
      • Sol Gel-Derived Monosized Oxide Nanoparticles Developed U.S.-Australia Team
      • Preparation and Characterization of Templated Sol Gel-Derived Materials
  • COATINGS AND THIN FILMS
  • Table 14 COATING PRECURSORS AND RESULTANT COMPOSITIONS
    • Application Methods
      • Dip Coating
      • Figure 11 SCHEMATIC OF DIP COATING
      • Spin Coating
      • Figure 12 SCHEMATIC OF SPIN COATING
      • Meniscus Coating
      • Figure 13 SCHEMATIC OF MENISCUS COATING
      • Table 15 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SOL-GEL COATING METHODS
      • Other Methods
    • Thick Coatings
    • Table 16 PROCESSES FOR MAKING THICK COATINGS
    • Heat Treatments
    • Table 17 COMPARISON OF COATING METHODS
    • Process Parameters
    • Dense Coatings
    • Table 18 COATING THICKNESSES FOR A VARIETY OF COATINGS
    • Figure 14 SCHEMATIC OF LIQUID PHASE DEPOSITION
    • Porous Coatings
      • Coatings for Plastics
    • Applications
    • Table 19 APPLICATIONS OF SOL-GEL FILMS AND COATINGS
      • Recent Developments
        • Easy-Cleaning Nanocoatings Developed in Germany
        • Nanoscopic Decorative Coatings Developed in Mexico
    • New Developments
      • Synthesis and Properties of Mesostructured Thin Films
      • The Prospects for Creating Mesostructured Films with Unique Electrical and Optical Properties.
  • GLASS
  • Table 20 APPLICATIONS OF SOL-GEL GLASSES
    • Silica
      • Type V Silica
      • Type VI Silica
      • Doped Silica
    • Silicates
    • Nonsilicates
  • MONOLITHS
    • Aerogels
    • Table 21 TYPICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROGELS
    • Table 22 APPLICATIONS OF AEROGELS
      • Silica
        • Silica Nanocomposites
      • Other Oxides
      • Carbon Aerogels
      • Table 23 TYPICAL PROPERTIES OF STANDARD AEROGEL PRODUCTS
      • Controlling Properties
      • Limitations
      • Xerogels
      • Controlling Properties
      • Silicate and Ceramic Foams
    • Recent Developments
      • Aerogels 100 Times Stronger Developed
      • Colloidal Inks Form Self-Supporting Scaffolds through Robocasting
      • JPL's Aerogel World's Lightest Solid
      • Hydrogel Nanoparticles for Optically Tunable Photonic Crystals
      • Monolithic Dry Gels Produced Using Sol-Gel Technology
      • Multi-Scale Modeling of Sol-Gel Materials
        • Method for Net-shaping Using Aerogels
        • Self-assembled Aerogel-like Low Dielectric Constant Films
  • FIBERS
    • Compositions
    • Figure 15 PROCESS FOR MAKING 3M CERAMIC FIBERS
    • Table 24 PROPERTY COMPARISON OF COMMERCIAL REINFORCING FIBERS
    • Properties
    • Recent Developments
      • Manufacturing of Novel Continuous Nanocrystalline Ceramic Nanofibers
  • COMPOSITES
    • Figure 16 COMPOSITE PROCESS INCORPORATING DIFFERENT FABRICS AND MATRICES
    • Figure 17 FLOWCHART FOR MAKING FIBER LAMINATE COMPOSITES
    • Control of Microstructure
    • Table 25 TAILORED COMPOSITES USING SOL GEL
    • Table 26 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOL-GEL COMPOSITES
    • Interfacial Coatings
    • Table 27 SOL-GEL COATINGS FOR FIBERS
    • Infiltration for Densification
    • Table 28 TYPICAL COMPOSITE PROPERTIES MADE FROM FREEZE GELATION
    • Glass Matrix
    • Ceramic Matrix
    • Nanocomposites
    • Recent Developments
      • Self-Assembly of Mesoscopically Ordered Chromatic Polydiacetylene/Silica Nanocomposites
      • Sol Gel-Derived Binder for Inorganic Composites
      • Iron-Cobalt-Silica Aerogel Nanocomposite Materials
      • Synthesis of Coaxial Nanotubes
  • ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRIDS
    • Ormosils
    • Ormacers
    • Hybrid Systems
    • Table 29 ORGANIC/INORGANIC MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND PROPERTIES
    • Control of Properties
    • Other Methods
    • Recent Developments
      • Treatment of Wood Products with (Sio2, Al2O3) Gel
      • A New Sol-Gel Route to Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials
      • Nonhydrolitic/Hydrolitic Synthesis of 3-Glycidoxypropyl-Trimethoxysilane Based Hybrid Materials
      • Hollow Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Sub-Microspheres through a Two-Step Sol-Gel Process
      • Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid "Cerasome" with Liposomal Bilayer Membrane and Silicate Surface
      • Multilayered Silica/Organic Polymer Hybrid Films with the Interface Linked by Si-C Bonds
      • Flexible Sheets of Dimethylsiloxane-Based Inorganic/Organic Hybrids
      • In Situ Formation of Particulate Silica in Natural Rubber Matrix by the Sol-Gel Reaction

APPLICATIONS AND MARKETS

• OPTICAL/ OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
• Table 30 OPTICAL AND OPTOELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS
• Figure 18 SCHEMATIC OF THE EMBOSSING PROCESS
  • COATINGS
    • Antireflection/Solar Reflective Coatings
      • Automotive
      • Lasers
      • Solar Collectors and Solar Cells
      • Figure 19 SCHEMATIC OF TITANIA SOLAR CELL
      • Table 31 COMPARISON OF SOLAR PERFORMANCE
      • Figure 20 SCHEMATIC OF SMART WINDOW PROCESS
      • Figure 21 SCHEMATIC OF SMART WINDOW
    • Transparent Electronic Conducting Coatings
    • Contrast Enhancement Coatings
    • Flat Panel Displays
    • Table 32 PROPERTIES OF NHC SERIES FOR PROTECTION OF ELECTRODES
    • Electrochromic Coatings for Smart Windows
    • Recent Developments
      • All Sol-Gel Electrochromic Smart Windows
      • Three-Layered System for Electrochromic Coatings
      • Wet Coating Deposition of Transparent or Antiglare Conducting Coatings on Plastic Substrates
      • Three-step Method for Preparing High Reflective Index Coating Material for Polycarbonate
      • Surface Treatment Thin Film for Cathode Ray Tubes
      • ZrO2 Thin Films for Optical Filters
      • Photochromic Coatings with Complete Reversibility
      • Figure 22 SCHEMATIC OF PHOTOCHROMIC COATING PROCESS
  • CHEMICAL SENSORS
    • pH Sensors
    • Metal Ion Sensors
    • Spectroelectrochemical Sensor
    • Recent Developments
      • Ferroelectric Thin Films for Novel Metal-Ferroelectric-Metal Hydrogen Gas Sensors
      • Engine Oil Quality Determination by Differential Quartz Crystal Oscillation Measurement
      • Miniaturized Biosensor for the Amperometric Detection of Phenolic Contaminants
      • Sol-Gel Processed Thin-Film Nitrogen Oxide Sensors
      • Benzene and Toluene Chemical Sensors based on Sol-gel Materials
      • Nanostructured In2O3 Thin Films through a Chemical Complexation based Sol-gel Process
      • Sonogel-Carbon Materials for Amperometric Sensors
      • SnO2 Nano-Clusters for Gas Sensing Applications
      • A Novel Sol-gel Process for TiO2 and W/TiO2 Thin Films as Alcohol Sensors
      • Phosphosilicate Glasses for Humidity-Sensitive Films
      • Oxygen Sensors Based on Silica Aerogel
      • NASICON for Carbon Dioxide Sensors
      • Piezoelectric Cantilevers for Nanoscale Biosensing
      • Microchannel-Encapsulated Sol-Gel Materials for Integrated Diagnostic Chips
  • SOLID-STATE DYE LASERS
  • Table 33 SUMMARY OF SOL-GEL LASER SYSTEMS
  • HIGH-POWER LASERS
  • NANOMETER-RANGE MEDIA FOR POWDER LASERS
  • OPTICAL FIBERS AND DEVICES
    • Optical Fiber Overcladding
    • Figure 23 SCHEMATIC FOR MAKING OPTICAL FIBER
    • Waveguides
      • Fiber Amplifiers
    • Recent Developments
      • Simax's Boron Doped Silica Material Reduces Panda Fiber Cost
      • Chemical Solution Gelation/Deposition for Optical Fibers and Devices
      • PHASIC Technology for Integrated Optics
      • Sol Gel-Derived Aluminosilicate Planar Waveguides Doped with Ce3+ Ions
      • New Glasses for Ultra-High-Capacity Optical Communications
      • Rare Earth Doped SiO2-PbF2 Composites Prepared by Colloidal Crystallization
      • Channel Waveguides by Photochemical Self-Developing in Doped Sol-Gel Hybrid Glass
      • Integrated Sol-Gel Fiber-Optic Sensors
  • LUMINESCENT LIGHT/POWER SOURCES
    • Fluorescent Lighting
    • Carbon-activated Phosphors
    • Phosphors for Flat and Plasma Displays
    • Figure 24 FLOW DIAGRAM FOR SRAL2O4:EU, DY VIA SOL GEL
  • GRADIENT INDEX LENSES (GRINS)
  • Table 34 COMPARISON OF GRIN PROCESSING METHODS
  • OPTICAL MARKETS
  • Table 35 RECENT NSF GRANTS IN OPTICAL APPLICATIONS
    • Flat Panel Displays
    • Antireflective Coatings and Optical Devices
  • ELECTRONIC/ELECTRO-OPTIC APPLICATIONS
  • Table 36 RECENT NSF GRANTS IN ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
  • FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS
    • Applications
    • Table 37 MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS FOR FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS
    • Deposition Methods
    • Other Compositions
    • Figure 25 FLOWCHART OF SBT FILM PROCESS
    • Thick Films
  • DIELECTRIC THIN FILMS
  • ELECTRONIC POWDERS/COMPONENTS
    • Figure 26 METHOD FOR MAKING ZNO POWDERS
  • CAPACITORS
  • SUBSTRATES
  • PACKAGES AND DEVICES
  • MAGNETICS
  • SUPERCONDUCTORS
    • Powders
    • Thin and Thick Films
  • ELECTRODES AND BATTERIES
    • Membranes for Batteries
      • NASICON Thin Films for Batteries
      • Aerogels
        • Carbon Aerogels
        • Table 38 POWERSTOR'S AEROGEL CAPACITORS
  • ELECTRONIC MARKETS
    • New Developments
      • Er-Doped and Raman Microlasers on a Silicon Chip Fabricated by Sol-Gel
  • STRUCTURAL/ HIGH-TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS
  • ABRASIVES
    • 3M's Cubitron
    • Figure 27 SCHEMATIC OF CUBITRON 321 PROCESS
    • Table 39 COMPARISON OF ABRASIVE PROPERTIES
    • Norton's SG
    • Table 40 ADVANTAGES OF SG WHEELS
    • Recent Developments in Patents
      • Cerium Oxide Sol and Abrasives (Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, US 6887289)
      • Hybrid Type Resinoid Grindstone with Abrasive Agglomerates Containing Sol-Gel Abrasive Grains (Noritake Co., Limited, Nagoya, Japan, US6562089)
      • Sol-Gel Alumina Abrasive Grain (Saint-Gobain Industrial Ceramics, US6258141)
      • Extruded Alumina-Based Abrasive Grit, Abrasive Products, and Methods (3M, US6228134)
      • Vitreous Bond Compositions for Abrasive Articles (Milacron, US6123744)
      • Glass-Ceramic Bonded Abrasive Tools (Norton, US6123743)
      • Firing Sol-Gel Alumina Particles (Saint-Gobain Industrial Ceramics, US6083622)
      • Abrasive Filaments in Coated Abrasives (Norton, US6019805)
      • Alumina-Based Abrasive Grains and Method for Preparing Same (Pem Abrasifs Refractaires, US6015442)
      • Abrasive Slurries and Abrasive Articles Comprising Multiple Abrasive Particle Grades (3M, US5942015)
      • Abrasive Articles Comprising a Blend of Abrasive Particles (3M, US5876470)
      • Low Temperature Bond for Abrasive Tools (Norton, US5863308)
      • Abrasive Containing Reduced Titania (Washington Mills, JP 11-335658)
      • Sintered Alumina-Based Grinding Wheel (Noritake, JP 11-156727)
      • Composition for Polishing (Samsung General Chemical Co. Ltd., Japan 2000-239653)
      • Sol-Gel Alumina Abrasive Grain (Saint-Gobain/Norton, WO 01/14495)
      • Abrasive Ceramic Corundum Material and Method of its Production, and Abrasive Tool (RU2126318, Khermes Shljajfmittel Gmbh UN)
  • PROTECTIVE COATINGS
    • Figure 28 PROCESS FOR MAKING SILICA-TITANIA FILMS
    • Recent Developments
      • Sol-Gel Techniques Help to Form Hybrid Glass Coatings
      • Sol-Gel Route for the Protection of Carbon in Hot Oxidizing Atmosphere
      • High Temperature Insulation of Wires and Thermocouples
      • Pink Colored Film for Automobile Windows Using Sol-Gel Process
      • Sol Gel-Derived Abrasion Resistant Coatings with a Long Shelf Life
      • Abrasion Resistant Optical Coatings
  • THERMAL INSULATION
    • Aerogel Windows
    • Nanogel Insulation
    • Flexible Aerogel Blanket
    • Cyrogenic Insulation
    • Solar Collectors
    • Table 41 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE OF FLAT SOLAR COLLECTORS
    • Replacement for CFC Insulating Foams
  • REFRACTORY/HIGH TEMPERATURE
    • Fibers
    • Table 42 PROPERTIES OF NEXTEL FIBERS
    • Table 43 APPLICATIONS AND MARKETS FOR NEXTEL FIBERS
    • Heat Exchangers and Related Applications
    • Table 44 STRENGTH OF TECHNIWEAVE COMPOSITES
    • Recent Developments
      • Sol Gel-Derived Ceramic Foams for Thermal Insulation
      • A Sol-Gel Route to B4C and Amorphous B/C/N Materials
      • Zirconia Fiber Mats Prepared by a Sol-Gel Spinning Technique
  • MARKET DYNAMICS
• DECORATIVE COATINGS
  • COATINGS FOR GLASS AND CERAMICS
  • Table 45 COMPARISON OF DECORATIVE COATINGS
  • INK JET FILM FOR TRANSPARENCIES
    • Recent Developments
      • Organic Colorant Dispersed Hybrid Coating for Easily Producible Colored Glass Beads by the Sol-Gel Process
      • Sol-Gel Coatings for Art Conservation
• BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
  • DENTAL SEALANTS AND FILLERS
  • BIOACTIVE GLASSES
  • Table 46 APPLICATIONS OF BIOACTIVE GLASSES AND GLASS-CERAMICS
    • Bioactive Phosphates
    • Encapsulation of Living Cells
    • Recent Developments
      • Porous Scaffolds Using Dendrimer Templated Bioceramic Nanopowders
      • Hydroxyapatite/Sol-Gel Glass Biphasic Material
      • Biodegradable Silica Fibers Derived from Sols
      • Apatite-Silica Gel Composites by Alternate Soaking Process
  • COSMETIC APPLICATIONS
• CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS
  • Table 47 NSF GRANTS IN CATALYST AND MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS
  • CATALYSTS
    • Table 48 MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS FOR CATALYSTS
    • Recent Developments
      • Transparate Anatase Nanocomposite Films for Photocatalysts
      • TiO2 and Cu/TiO2 Catalysts via Homogeneous Hydrolysis
      • Alumina-Based Oxide Material Useful as NOx Absorbent (Patent EP1020405, Ford Global Technologies)
      • Enantioselective Heterogeneous Catalysts
      • Sulfated Zirconia Catalysts for N-Butane Isomerization
      • Solid Acid Catalysts for Alkylation
      • Cyanogels from Multi-Metal Cyanides
      • Selective CO Oxidation Catalysts for Fuel Cells and Combustion Engines
      • Aero-Sol-Gel Process for Catalysts
      • Chiral Hybrid Silicates as Heterogeneous Catalysts for Asymmetric Hydride Transfer Reduction of Ketones
      • Anhydrous Gelation Process for Pt/Al2O3 Catalyst Preparation
      • Sol-Gel Entrapped Chromium (VI): A New Selective, Efficient and Recyclable Oxidizing System
      • Cyclodextrin-Based Porous Silica Materials for Metal Containing Catalysts
      • Sol-Gel Synthesis of Cr(III)-Containing Clays for Catalysis
      • Preparation of Cordierite Xerogel with Thermally Stable Pore Structure by Water-Vapor Treatment
      • La0.75Sr0.25MnO3 Nano-Phase Powders and Films from Pure Alkoxide Precursors
      • Synthesis of Silica Foams with Hierarchical Pore Structures
      • Thermostimulated Sol-Gel Process for Foam Materials
  • NUCLEAR
  • SEPARATION MEMBRANES AND FILTERS
  • Table 49 TYPICAL APPLICATIONS OF CERAMIC MEMBRANES
  • Figure 29 PROCESS FLOWCHARTS FOR MAKING SOL-GEL MEMBRANES
    • Recent Developments
      • Microporous Silica for Molecular Sieving
      • Table 50 PROPERTIES OF MSSMS
      • Mesoporous Molecular Sieves for Absorbing Nitrogen Oxides in Oxygen-Rich Engine Exhaust Gas (EP1029582, Ford Global Technologies)
      • Polyimide-Silica Hybrid Membranes
      • Sol-Gel Materials for Chromatographic Separation Methods
      • Novel Organic-Ceramic Adsorbents by Sol Gel
      • Methyl-Modified Silica Mesoporous Molecular Sieves
      • Silica Sorbent for Removing Zinc
      • Silicon Carbide Ceramic Membranes
      • Aerogels for Filtration and Absorbents
      • Table 51 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PRISTINA AEROGELS
      • Antibacterial Filter
      • Liquid Chromatography and Analytical Applications
  • MARKETS

OVERALL U.S. MARKETS

• OPTICAL APPLICATIONS
• Table 52 FORECAST FOR THE U.S. S OPTICAL APPLICATIONS MARKET, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
• Table 53 U.S. MARKETS FOR SOL-GEL IN ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS
• Table 54 FORECAST FOR THE U.S. STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS MARKET, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
• CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS
• Table 55 FORECAST FOR THE U.S. FOR CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS MARKET, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
• Table 56 FORECAST FOR THE U.S. BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS MARKET, THROUGH 2006 ($ MILLIONS)

FOREIGN COMPETITION

• FOREIGN COMPETITION
• JAPAN
• Table 57 SELECTED THIN FILM APPLICATIONS PATENTED IN JAPAN
• Table 58 PRODUCTS COMMERCIALIZED IN JAPAN
• EUROPE
• Table 59 SUMMARY OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION SOL-GEL PROJECTS, 1995-2005
• Figure 30 NOVARA PROCESS SCHEME
• WORLD MARKETS
• Table 60 GLOBAL FORECAST FOR THE SOL-GEL PRODUCTS MARKET, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)

APPENDIX

• PROFILES OF NORTH AMERICAN COMPANIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS
  • AJJER, LLC
  • ALBANY INTERNATIONAL TECHNIWEAVE, INC.
  • AMR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  • AMSEN TECHNOLOGIES
  • ASPEN AEROGELS, INC.
  • BELL LABORATORIES INC.
  • CABOT CORPORATION
  • CALIFORNIA HARDCOATING CO.
  • CDT WATER SYSTEMS, INC.
  • CERAMEM CORPORATION
  • CHEMAT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
  • CLEVELAND CRYSTALS, INC.
  • COOPER ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES
  • CORNING, INC.
  • DENGLAS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
  • DONNELLY CORP.
  • DOW CORNING CORP.
  • EASTMAN KODAK
  • E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC.
  • ELTRON RESEARCH, INC.
  • ENERGY LABORATORIES, INC.
  • FORD MOTOR CO.
  • FUEL CELL ENERGY
  • GELEST, INC.
  • GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMAITON SYSTEMS
  • HYBRID GLASS TECHNOLOGIES
  • INDUSTRIAL SOLAR TECHNOLOGY
  • LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY
  • LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
  • LIGHT PATH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  • LOCKHEED R&D DIV.
  • MARKETECH INTERNATIONAL INC.
  • MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CTR.
  • MATECH
  • MATERIALS MODIFICATION INC.
  • MAYATERIALS, INC.
  • MEDIA & PROCESS TECHNOLOGY INC.
  • NANOCEROX, INC.
  • NANOGEN
  • NANOPORE INCORPORATED
  • NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  • NORTHROP GRUMMAN
  • NOVAMIN TECHNOLOGY INC.
  • OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB
  • OCEAN OPTICS
  • PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY
  • PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION
  • PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
  • QUANTUM DOT CORPORATION
  • RATH INC.
  • READE ADVANCED MATERIALS
  • SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMIC MATERIALS/GRAINS
  • SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES (SNL)
  • SIMAX TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
  • SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
  • SOLGENE THERAPUETICS, LLC
  • TAASI CORPORATION
  • TELOPTICS CORP.
  • 3M-MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING CO.
  • TPL, INC.
  • USBIOMATERIALS CORP. NOVABONE PRODUCTS
  • YTC AMERICA, INC.
• PATENTS ISSUED FOR SOL-GEL RELATED MATERIALS AND DEVICES
• Table 61 U.S. PATENTS IN SOL-GEL RELATED OPTICAL APPLICATIONS SINCE 1999
• U.S. PATENTS ISSUED IN SOL-GEL RELATED MATERIALS AND DEVICES
• Table 62 U.S. PATENTS IN ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS SINCE 1999
• U.S. PATENTS ISSUED IN SOL-GEL RELATED ABRASIVE MATERIALS
• Table 63 U.S. PATENTS IN ABRASIVES SINCE 1999
• U.S. PATENTS ISSUED SOL-GEL RELATED MATERIALS AND COATINGS FOR STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS
• Table 64 U.S. PATENTS IN SOL-GEL RELATED STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS SINCE 1999
• U.S. PATENTS ISSUED FOR SOL-GEL RELATED MATERIALS AND COATINGS FOR CATALYST APPLICATIONS
• Table 65 U.S. PATENTS IN CATALYST APPLICATIONS SINCE 1999
• U.S. PATENTS ISSUED FOR SOL-GEL RELATED MATERIALS FOR FILTERS AND MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS
• Table 66 U.S. PATENTS IN FILTERS AND MEMBRANES SINCE 1999
• U.S. PATENTS ISSUED FOR SOL-GEL RELATEDMATERIALS AND COATINGS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS
• Table 67 RECENT U.S. PATENTS: MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS SINCE 1999
• NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
• Table 68 NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
• RECENT INTERNATIONAL PATENTS IN SOL GEL SINCE 1999
• Table 69 RECENT INTERNATIONAL PATENTS IN SOL GEL SINCE 1999
• Figure 31 TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL PATENTS IN SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGY (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
  • RECENT JAPANESE PATENTS IN SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGY SINCE 1999
• Table 70 RECENT JAPANESE PATENTS IN SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGY SINCE 1999
• Figure 32 TRENDS IN JAPANESE PATENTS IN SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGY (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
  • OTHER ASIAN/MIDDLE EAST UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
• Table 71 OTHER ASIAN/MIDDLE EAST UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
  • SOUTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
• Table 72 SOUTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
  • JAPANESE COMPANIES MARKETING OR DEVELOPING SOL-GEL PRODUCTS
• Table 73 JAPANESE COMPANIES MARKETING OR DEVELOPING SOL-GEL PRODUCTS
  • JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
• Table 74 JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
  • EUROPEAN COMPANIES MARKETING OR DEVELOPING SOL-GEL PRODUCTS
• Table 75 EUROPEAN COMPANIES MARKETING OR DEVELOPING SOL-GEL PRODUCTS
  • EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
• Table 76 EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
  • OTHER ASIAN COMPANIES DEVELOPING OR MARKETING SOL-GEL PRODUCTS
• Table 77 OTHER ASIAN COMPANIES DEVELOPING OR MARKETING SOL-GEL PRODUCTS

LIST OF TABLES

• Summary Table:
  • U.S. AND WORLD MARKETS FOR SOL-GEL PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 1 COMMERCIALIZATION TIMELINE OF APPLICATIONS (WORLD)
• Table 2 FORECAST FOR THE U.S. SOL GEL MARKET BY APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 3 GLOBAL FORECAST FOR THE SOL-GEL PRODUCTS MARKET BY REGION, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 4 GLOBAL FORECAST FOR THE SOL-GEL PRODUCTS MARKET BY APLICATION, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 5 NSF BASIC RESEARCH GRANTS IN SOL GEL, 1997-2005
• Table 6 NORTH AMERICAN COMPANIES INVOLVED IN SOL GEL
• Table 7 CHRONOLOGICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF SOL-GEL PRODUCTS
• Table 8 SELECTED COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS
• Table 9 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE CONVENTIONAL SOL-GEL PROCESS
• Table 10 DOPANTS AND RESULTANT PROPERTIES
• Table 11 CHEMAT TECHNOLOGY'S SOLUBLE POLYMERIC METAL ORGANIC OXOALKOXIDE PRECURSORS
• Table 12 CHARACTERISTICS OF SOL-GEL PRODUCTS
• Table 13 POWDER PRECURSORS AND RESULTANT COMPOSITIONS
• Table 14 COATING PRECURSORS AND RESULTANT COMPOSITIONS
• Table 15 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SOL-GEL COATING METHODS
• Table 16 PROCESSES FOR MAKING THICK COATINGS
• Table 17 COMPARISON OF COATING METHODS
• Table 18 COATING THICKNESSES FOR A VARIETY OF COATINGS
• Table 19 APPLICATIONS OF SOL-GEL FILMS AND COATINGS
• Table 20 APPLICATIONS OF SOL-GEL GLASSES
• Table 21 TYPICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROGELS
• Table 22 APPLICATIONS OF AEROGELS
• Table 23 TYPICAL PROPERTIES OF STANDARD AEROGEL PRODUCTS
• Table 24 PROPERTY COMPARISON OF COMMERCIAL REINFORCING FIBERS
• Table 25 TAILORED COMPOSITES USING SOL GEL
• Table 26 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOL-GEL COMPOSITES
• Table 27 SOL-GEL COATINGS FOR FIBERS
• Table 28 TYPICAL COMPOSITE PROPERTIES MADE FROM FREEZE GELATION
• Table 29 ORGANIC/INORGANIC MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND PROPERTIES
• Table 30 OPTICAL AND OPTOELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS
• Table 31 COMPARISON OF SOLAR PERFORMANCE
• Table 32 PROPERTIES OF NHC SERIES FOR PROTECTION OF ELECTRODES
• Table 33 SUMMARY OF SOL-GEL LASER SYSTEMS
• Table 34 COMPARISON OF GRIN PROCESSING METHODS
• Table 35 RECENT NSF GRANTS IN OPTICAL APPLICATIONS
• Table 36 RECENT NSF GRANTS IN ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
• Table 37 MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS FOR FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS
• Table 38 POWERSTOR'S AEROGEL CAPACITORS
• Table 39 COMPARISON OF ABRASIVE PROPERTIES
• Table 40 ADVANTAGES OF SG WHEELS
• Table 41 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE OF FLAT SOLAR COLLECTORS
• Table 42 PROPERTIES OF NEXTEL FIBERS
• Table 43 APPLICATIONS AND MARKETS FOR NEXTEL FIBERS
• Table 44 STRENGTH OF TECHNIWEAVE COMPOSITES
• Table 45 COMPARISON OF DECORATIVE COATINGS
• Table 46 APPLICATIONS OF BIOACTIVE GLASSES AND GLASS-CERAMICS
• Table 47 NSF GRANTS IN CATALYST AND MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS
• Table 48 MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS FOR CATALYSTS
• Table 49 TYPICAL APPLICATIONS OF CERAMIC MEMBRANES
• Table 50 PROPERTIES OF MSSMS
• Table 51 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PRISTINA AEROGELS
• Table 52 FORECAST FOR THE U.S. S OPTICAL APPLICATIONS MARKET, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 53 U.S. MARKETS FOR SOL-GEL IN ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 54 FORECAST FOR THE U.S. STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS MARKET, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 55 FORECAST FOR THE U.S. FOR CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS MARKET, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 56 FORECAST FOR THE U.S. BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS MARKET, THROUGH 2006 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 57 SELECTED THIN FILM APPLICATIONS PATENTED IN JAPAN
• Table 58 PRODUCTS COMMERCIALIZED IN JAPAN
• Table 59 SUMMARY OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION SOL-GEL PROJECTS, 1995-2005
• Table 60 GLOBAL FORECAST FOR THE SOL-GEL PRODUCTS MARKET, THROUGH 2001 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 61 U.S. PATENTS IN SOL-GEL RELATED OPTICAL APPLICATIONS SINCE 1999
• Table 62 U.S. PATENTS IN ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS SINCE 1999
• Table 63 U.S. PATENTS IN ABRASIVES SINCE 1999
• Table 64 U.S. PATENTS IN SOL-GEL RELATED STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS SINCE 1999
• Table 65 U.S. PATENTS IN CATALYST APPLICATIONS SINCE 1999
• Table 66 U.S. PATENTS IN FILTERS AND MEMBRANES SINCE 1999
• Table 67 RECENT U.S. PATENTS: MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS SINCE 1999
• Table 68 NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
• Table 69 RECENT INTERNATIONAL PATENTS IN SOL GEL SINCE 1999
• Table 70 RECENT JAPANESE PATENTS IN SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGY SINCE 1999
• Table 71 OTHER ASIAN/MIDDLE EAST UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
• Table 72 SOUTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
• Table 73 JAPANESE COMPANIES MARKETING OR DEVELOPING SOL-GEL PRODUCTS
• Table 74 JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
• Table 75 EUROPEAN COMPANIES MARKETING OR DEVELOPING SOL-GEL PRODUCTS
• Table 76 EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED IN SOL-GEL RESEARCH
• Table 77 OTHER ASIAN COMPANIES DEVELOPING OR MARKETING SOL-GEL PRODUCTS

LIST OF FIGURES

• Summary Figure:
  • U.S. AND WORLD MARKETS FOR SOL-GEL PRODUCTS, 2006 AND 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• Figure 1 U.S. MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2006 (%)
• Figure 2 U.S. MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2011 (%)
• Figure 3 GLOBAL SHARE OF THE SOL-GEL PRODUCTS MARKET BY APPLICATION, 2006 (%)
• Figure 4 GLOBAL SHARE OF THE SOL-GEL PRODUCTS MARKET BY APPLICATION, 2011 (%)
• Figure 5 PROCESS FOR WATER-BASED ZIRCONIA SOLS
• Figure 6 GENERIC FLOWCHART OF SOL-GEL PROCESS
• Figure 7 FLOW CHART FOR THE FLAKE MANUFACTURING PROCESS
• Figure 8 FLOWCHART FOR MAKING VANADIUM-BASED PIGMENTS
• Figure 9 PROCESS FOR MAKING PINK PIGMENTS
• Figure 10 PROCESS FOR MAKING YELLOW/GREEN PIGMENTS
• Figure 11 SCHEMATIC OF DIP COATING
• Figure 12 SCHEMATIC OF SPIN COATING
• Figure 13 SCHEMATIC OF MENISCUS COATING
• Figure 14 SCHEMATIC OF LIQUID PHASE DEPOSITION
• Figure 15 PROCESS FOR MAKING 3M CERAMIC FIBERS
• Figure 16 COMPOSITE PROCESS INCORPORATING DIFFERENT FABRICS AND MATRICES
• Figure 17 FLOWCHART FOR MAKING FIBER LAMINATE COMPOSITES
• Figure 18 SCHEMATIC OF THE EMBOSSING PROCESS
• Figure 19 SCHEMATIC OF TITANIA SOLAR CELL
• Figure 20 SCHEMATIC OF SMART WINDOW PROCESS
• Figure 21 SCHEMATIC OF SMART WINDOW
• Figure 22 SCHEMATIC OF PHOTOCHROMIC COATING PROCESS
• Figure 23 SCHEMATIC FOR MAKING OPTICAL FIBER
• Figure 24 FLOW DIAGRAM FOR SRAL2O4:EU, DY VIA SOL GEL
• Figure 25 FLOWCHART OF SBT FILM PROCESS
• Figure 26 METHOD FOR MAKING ZNO POWDERS
• Figure 27 SCHEMATIC OF CUBITRON 321 PROCESS
• Figure 28 PROCESS FOR MAKING SILICA-TITANIA FILMS
• Figure 29 PROCESS FLOWCHARTS FOR MAKING SOL-GEL MEMBRANES
• Figure 30 NOVARA PROCESS SCHEME
• Figure 31 TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL PATENTS IN SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGY (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
• Figure 32 TRENDS IN JAPANESE PATENTS IN SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGY (NUMBER OF PATENTS)